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Material Matters 2024: Playful Ecology

Big Ideas

Material Matters 2024: Playful Ecology

Self-described as a ‘design version of Desert Island Discs’, Material Matters has long focused on those materials that have proven transformative f...

Design : Technology : Sustainability

The Synthocene Era: Far Futures

Big Ideas

The Synthocene Era: Far Futures

The impact of The Synthocene Era on how we work, organise, connect and find meaning in life could be profound. LS:N Global explores the far future ...

Technology : Future Of Artificial Intelligence : Climate Change

Markets

Wellbeing Wear

Fashion has evolved beyond style and function to become a vital tool for boosting mental and physical wellbeing, providing both psychological comfo...

Fashion : Health : Design

Ancestral Eco Pantry

Micro Trends

Ancestral Eco Pantry

Bridging the gap between traditional preservation practices and modern convenience, these design innovators hint at a future with more ancestral an...

Future Of Food Storage : Sustainability : Eco-design

Eau de Climate Change

Micro Trends

Eau de Climate Change

As more flora and fauna become extinct every year, perfume innovators are becoming activists by attempting to encapsulate the authentic smell of Mo...

Beauty : Fragrance : Sustainability

Imbibe Live 2024: Five Drink Brands to Watch

Big Ideas

Imbibe Live 2024: Five Drink Brands to Watch

Functional flavours, alcohol-free mixology and redefined wine took centre stage at Imbibe Live 2024 (1–2 July), the UK’s leading drinks trade show.

Drink : Imbibe Live 2024 : Food And Drink Futures

Biofabricated Futures

Design Directions

Biofabricated Futures

A revolutionary sustainability breakthrough, biofabrication is the engineering of biological products. This report explores its market evolution an...

Material : Design : Sustainability

The Big Meat Up

Micro Trends

The Big Meat Up

Following the popularity of vegetarian, vegan, flexitarian and alternative diets in recent years, US consumers are re-evaluating their relationship...

Food : Meat : Health

Global Fashion Summit 2024: Fashion’s Tipping Point?

Big Ideas

Global Fashion Summit 2024: Fashion’s Tipping Point?

Despite 15 years of discussions on sustainability since the Global Fashion Summit’s inception in 2009, the event deplored the lack of real progress...

Fashion : Sustainability : Global Fashion Summit

VivaTech 2024: Accessibility, Climate Tech and AI in Healthcare

Big Ideas

VivaTech 2024: Accessibility, Climate Tech and AI in Healthcare

AI took centre stage once again at the ever-growing Parisian start-up and tech summit VivaTech with ground-breaking advances in climate, health and...

Technology : Artificial Intelligence : VivaTech

Functional Feasting

Macro Trends

Functional Feasting

As we move past the ‘free from’ era, consumers are increasingly favouring products that do more with less, bringing flavour and fun back into funct...

Food & Drink : Indulgence : Health & Wellness

World Retail Congress 2024: The Value Contradiction

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2024: The Value Contradiction

As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the equation between price point, value for money and consumers’ own values and ethics has never been so co...

Retail : Sustainability : Youth

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